Tewes Poultry Farm

I love this place. Prices are inline with organic chicken you would by at Kroger, but you know they are truly free range, not just «cage free» from a factory farm. You can see them running around.

This was our first «fresh» turkey. We brined and oven baked it exactly as previous frozen turkeys. It turned out ok. A slightly gamey flavor with more fatty pockets through out the bird. I would try one more bird before I made a final judgement. Very nice folks who run the farm. Give ‘em a try. You make the call.

It felt a lot better driving to my local farm, picking up my turkey from a smelly refrigerated room, and taking it home in two plastic grocery bags rather than saving money on a tightly wrapped frozen «discounted» turkey from the super mart. I placed my order Monday, slaughtered (humanely) on Wednesday, picked up on Thursday! The farmers were extremely nice and helpful. They also have fresh eggs and chickens available to purchase at a great price!
The caveat is although you may request a certain weight, it is not guaranteed that they have that weight at their farm. No worries, though, they’ll also have something close!

What an exciting place to get a turkey for Thanksgiving! The week before Thanksgiving, Tewes Poultry Farm is gobbling with activity. And no wonder– these fresh, free-​range turkeys are awesome! Besides tasting delicious, it’s very easy to prep and cook the bird (frozen turkeys have to be thawed, which adds complication).
Do make sure you call to reserve that perfect bird. I wasn’t quite sure what size turkey to get, but the person on the phone helped me order the right size for my gathering.
Make the turkey portion of Thanksgiving more special with a trip out to Tewes’. It felt more like a field trip than heading down to Kroger to pick up a frozen brick of a bird.

I’m a big fan of this place. I belong to a CSA for produce and looked into getting on at a Meat CSA but most of them were either cost prohibitive or just wouldn’t work for our lifestyle (we eat meat and/​or poultry twice a week, vegetarian twice a week and seafood once a week).
So I started hunting for local farms where I could buy in bulk and have it conveniently in the freezer. I found Tewes and decided to give them a shot. This is a great deal! Fresh local poultry, easy ordering (I just email them a few days before I want to pick it up), and reasonable prices.
I’ve seen whole chickens (non-​organic) at Whole Foods selling for $ 4 — $ 5/​lb and unfortunately that’s not within our price range without reducing our meat consumption (which some should argue we should but I’m not going to get into that debate). I used to wait for sales and buy multiple chickens at a time then cut it into parts myself but why go through the effort when Tewes is offering it locally, cheaper, and they cut it into parts for you? Sold! In fact, I’m about to place another order for more chickens and turkeys since we’ve used up our last order.
Note though — I’m used to farm environments and my husband is not. He’s more used to sterile supermarkets with sterile meat wrapped in plastic on those styrofoam trays (yech!) and was a bit… taken aback when we got there. This is a working farm folks! It’s in the name, so don’t be surprised when you get there and go to the barn to get your order. They’re clean and orderly, but don’t expect to see white tile and stainless steel everywhere.

Tewes Farm is definitely a great part of being in the area. In Easter they have bunnies to buy, or just visit like I do, and they have poultry all year long. We always get our eggs from here and they’re always good.

One brisk November morning my mother asked me to drive to Tewes to pick up our Thanksgiving bird. She typically bought her birds from Kroger, but gave them a shot that year. The meat was so flavorful and wonderful. Everyone loved it.
Since then we’ve never bought another Butterball, they’re all Tewes. They also have an amazing line of other foods, all locally grown and free range. If you haven’t stopped by the farm, you’re missing out.

Wow. From now on I don’t think I’ll ever be able to buy grocery store poultry and eggs again. Recently, I placed an order for a few pounds of turkey breast, ground turkey, chicken breast and a dozen eggs and was absolutely amazed by the freshness and quality of the Tewes Farm products.
The bright orange egg yolks of their farm-​raised eggs have no comparison at any big box retailer; this is the stuff you will only find on a farm. The huge turkey breast was succulent and just seemed so much cleaner and healthier than any other bird I’d prepared. The ground white meat turkey was almost completely fat-​free, which is exactly how I wanted it. The chicken breasts, though much smaller than the store-​bought, were again much healthier looking and tasted fantastic.
Though in today’s convenience driven world, buying from Tewes Farm might seem like a throwback, but for me it was well worth the extra effort.